Delhi on 'very high' alert as IS members on the run

The suspects are believed to have escaped during the encounter in Lucknow.

Two suspects believed to be part of the Islamic State may be hiding in Delhi, Intelligence Bureau reports suggest. "They escaped during the encounter that broke out at Lucknow on Tuesday," IB officials have warned.

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Based on this information, a high alert has been sounded in the national capital. Alerts have been sounded in the adjoining areas of Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon. The police have been told to keep a tight vigil.

IB reports say that these youth may try and target shrines in Sarnath, Varanasi and Barabanki. This was disclosed during the investigations that were conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad.

The UP ATS said that the module called itself the ISIS Khorasan of Varanasi. They were plotting a series of attacks and were even involved in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast. It was following this blast that one operative Saifullah was tracked down to Thakurganj near Lucknow following which he was killed in an encounter that lasted 11 hours.

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